monitor stands :?????/
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Posted on Dec 21, 2004 01:04 pm
ballz86ed
Member Since: May 26, 2004
does anyone have any crazy, creative or simple, inexpensive idea's for monitor stands ? i am running out of space and need a solution
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WaltChief Cook and Bottle WasherMember
Since: May 10, 2002
Dec 21, 2004 02:08 pm Well, I don't think it will help with space, but I bought a couple of speaker stands from MF for PA speakers. Made a couple of oak topped "platers" mounted on 1' lengths of stainless muffler pipe with a flange. Now I use them for tall mic stands, performance speaker stands, and monitor stands on special ocasions. At $19.95 per stand it was a great deal!
Jason H.Jack of all trades master of ___Member
Since: May 28, 2004
Dec 21, 2004 02:45 pm I built stands just last weekend...
18X18 plywood base...4x4 square wood post...12X12 plywood platform for the monitor...lined the base and platform w/ a rubber backed carpet tile and there ya go...
nothing suave, paint em black and go...
Dec 21, 2004 02:50 pm nice! getting your hands dirty...good to se Jason, kudos!
Oh, one great thing to do, if you can make the post from sheets of wood and leave the middle hallow, fill that middle with sand. Great sound isolation and vibration control.
Jason H.Jack of all trades master of ___Member
Since: May 28, 2004
Dec 21, 2004 03:04 pm thats what I was hoping to achieve with the 1/4" rubber backed carpet, I could add more but I dunno..
Dec 21, 2004 03:05 pm yeah, that helps too.
Dec 21, 2004 03:47 pm actually i am working on a plan right now that invovles acouple of slab from an old birch tree for tops and plates and some 3- ft . birch posts i am thinking they will look very rustic and i think birch is dense enough not to vibrate too much ,although i am considering beech or maple but birch just has that cool bark .but any advice or suggestions are open right now and thanks as well
Dec 21, 2004 03:52 pm that could look super friggin cool. Just make DAMN SURE they are the same hieght and standa approximately same weight and such. Also, some rubber between the post and the plate, and the bottom plate and the floor.
Or, like mine do, they have like a heavy-duty pointed pin screwed in the bottom of the plate, it keeps it from skidding around on the carpet, plus, it's minimal contact between the stand and the floor, just four tiny points.
Dec 21, 2004 03:56 pm ya well knowing me i will have to cut 3-4 pieces before i get it right or i'll get upset and break down and just buy some but i am awfully cheap ..as you have to be in this world !
Dec 21, 2004 03:57 pm not cheap, "frugal"
Dec 21, 2004 04:02 pm frugal is good ,i like that ! :-)i got some monitors to inspect ...peace!
Jason H.Jack of all trades master of ___Member
Since: May 28, 2004
Dec 21, 2004 06:10 pm or you can just make a monitor stand out of all metal and take your monitor cones out and let the magnets stick the stand!!! that'll work!!
